Diet of Neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range
Body mass and geographical range are two main drivers of diet in animals, yet how these factors influence diet in the morphologically and ecologically diverse avian group of Psittaciformes is little known. We reviewed current knowledge of the diet of Neotropical parrots and assessed the relation bet...
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Ciencias Naturales Zoología Conservation Diet composition Generalists Psittacidae |
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Ciencias Naturales Zoología Conservation Diet composition Generalists Psittacidae Benavídez, Analía Palacio, Facundo Xavier Rivera, Luis Osvaldo Echevarria, Ada Lilian Politi, Natalia Diet of Neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range |
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Ciencias Naturales Zoología Conservation Diet composition Generalists Psittacidae |
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Body mass and geographical range are two main drivers of diet in animals, yet how these factors influence diet in the morphologically and ecologically diverse avian group of Psittaciformes is little known. We reviewed current knowledge of the diet of Neotropical parrots and assessed the relation between diet (breadth and composition), phylogeny, body mass and geographical range. Diet has been documented for 98 of 165 species, but information is available only for 34 of 59 threatened species, and countries with high species diversity (> 20 species) had few studies (one to seven). Neotropical parrot species consumed 1293 plant species of 125 families. When assessing the relative frequency of different food items in the diet (seed, fruits, flowers, leaves, nectar, bark and stems), we found that parrots mostly exploited seeds (41.9%) and fruits (38.3%) of native species. Diet overlap was very low among genera (0.006–0.321). At the species level, geographical range and body size explained the variation in diet composition. In particular, small parrots of restricted distribution had a distinct diet composition relative to either large or widely distributed species. Although body size and geographical range showed phylogenetic inertia, diet was independent of phylogenetic history. Our review not only reveals ecological factors explaining diet in a generalist group but also exposes information gaps across the Neotropical region. |
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Benavídez, Analía Palacio, Facundo Xavier Rivera, Luis Osvaldo Echevarria, Ada Lilian Politi, Natalia |
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Benavídez, Analía Palacio, Facundo Xavier Rivera, Luis Osvaldo Echevarria, Ada Lilian Politi, Natalia |
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Benavídez, Analía |
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Diet of Neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range |
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Diet of Neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range |
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Diet of Neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range |
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Diet of Neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range |
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Diet of Neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range |
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diet of neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range |
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2018 |
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http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/101717 https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/91040 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ibi.12630 |
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